The Skyward tour dates have been announced, and Brandon is going to his usual west coast areas, as well as a new place: Alaska! If you can come to a signing, mention it in the respective topic in the Events forum so we can see who is doing what, and so you can meet up with other Sharders and Sanderfans!
Tuesday, November 6 at 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble – University Crossings Plaza (#2626)
Talk, Q&A, Book Signing
330 East 1300 South
Orem, UT 84058
Wednesday, November 7 at 7:00 PM
Mysterious Galaxy
Talk, Q&A, Book Signing
5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92111
Thursday, November 8 at 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble – El Cerrito (#2113)
Talk, Q&A, Book Signing
6050 El Cerrito Plaza
El Cerrito, CA 94530
Saturday, November 10 at 2:00 PM
University Temple United Methodist Church
(Hosted by University Book Store)
Talk, Q&A, Book Signing
1415 NE 43rd St
Seattle, Washington 98105
Monday, November 12 at 6:00 PM
Barnes & Noble – Anchorage (#2784)
Talk, Q&A, Book Signing
200 East Northern Lights Blvd
Anchorage, AK 99503
Thursday, November 15 at 7:00 PM
Tattered Cover
Talk, Q&A, Book Signing
2526 East Colfax Ave
Denver, CO 80206
Friday, November 16 at 7:00 PM
Community Christian Church
(Hosted by Anderson’s Bookshop)
Talk, Q&A, Book Signing
1635 Emerson Lane
Naperville, IL 60540
Monday, November 19 at 6:30 PM
Murder by the Book
Talk, Q&A, Book Signing
2342 Bissonnet
Houston, TX 77005

Those of you who been following Brandon's projects over the years will know that for a long time the next YA book was going to be Apocalypse Guard. And although Apocalypse Guard had to go to the back burner for some time, Brandon was quick in putting together a replacement for it - Skyward, the first book in a trilogy for Random House. Today it has a cover, illustrated by Charlie Bowater and designed by Regina Flath. Take a look!
Skyward is not Cosmere, nor is it Reckoners/Snapshot, but it does share a universe with something Brandon has published. Which brings Brandon's connected universe up to three. Take that, Marvel!
Here's the synopsis for Skyward:
Brandon has said he is ridiculously excited for this book, so we will be looking forward to its release on November 6, 2018. You see the cover, watch a book trailer, and read the first three chapters over at io9.
What do you think of the cover? If you’ve read the samples already, how does Spensa compare to the image in your head? Let us know in the comments!
Edit: Added in acknowledgement for the artists! Check them out!

If you haven't seen the announcement on Brandon's site yet- https://brandonsanderson.com/a-quick-update-on-my-writing-projects/ ,
1. Brandon has set aside the last quarter of the year for wax and wayne four,
2.the new secret project is a non-cosmere novella,
3. and he plans to use the remaining seventh months in the middle to work on skyward 2.
Really excited for Wax and Wayne 4, I just recieved the other three Wax and Wayne books in hardcover yesterday (i'd already read them, but it was like three years ago). I was hoping for something sixth of the dusk related for the secret project even though he said he wasn't going to do any more sixth of the dusk. and I'm excited for skyward too.

https://brandonsanderson.com/officially-announcing-skyward/
Brandon just published a blog post announcing his new novel, Skyward. Interestingly, he said that the book is in the continuity of something he has already written, but it is not a part of the Cosmere or the Reckoners multiverse. Any guesses? I’m blank.
Brandon also mentions that the 2017 State of the Sanderson will be out tomorrow.

Did you know 17th Shard has a YouTube channel? It's true; we've had it for eons and did very little with it. But lo, there will be more video content.
This I didn't expect, though, to actually get a reading from Brandon Sanderson from the Oathbringer Release Party. He revealed that the Mystery Project is in fact Skyward, and read from its prologue today.
Brandon asked that if you are going to see him on his tour to not watch this, so you can experience it live. Please respect his wishes!

Remember how Apocalypse Guard was cancelled and Mystery Project was replacing it? Well thanks to some sleuthing by wackyHair on Reddit, we now (probably) know. They looked at the Random House publisher page on Brandon Sanderson. It used to say:
Now it says:
Oooo, Skyward replacing Apocalypse Guard? Sweet! That is a safe bet for the mystery project to me!
Now, what is Skyward? It was mentioned in State of the Sanderson in 2013 and never was referenced again (which also fits Mystery Project, as Brandon said it was a project he had thought about for a long time.) Here's what Brandon has said on it:
We also know it is science fiction.
Now Random House publishes non-cosmere stuff for Brandon. Since the cosmere is pretty profitable for Tor I doubt they would let something like that go to another publisher. Maybe it is non-cosmere now. But who knows?
Next up, let's talk about the next installment of the White Sand graphic novel. We reported its release date being moved back to December, but now it looks like it's even more dire. Peter now says it is likely to be February. So let's not hold our breath for it yet. Still, delays aren't inherently bad; a good product is better than a rushed product.

So, I realize side series/story might not be the best name for this sense they all probably play an important part in some capacity overall even if it's just behind the scenes.
But what I mean is that Brandon has never been shy in saying that the "Main Sequence" of the Cosmere constitutes Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive and Dragonsteel. There his Babies, the Big Three, the Headliners, the Golden Trio, the Three Amigos, the Breadwinners, the reason you probably bought the tickets.
They alone will consist of up to AT LEAST 26 books between the three. (13 Mist, 10 SA and 3-5 DS) and make up the majority of the Cosmere's overall content. Sense there the most important also, they are the one's we can be most assured to get and the one's who will receive the most attention to overall.
So what I'm asking is what are you most looking forward to among the rest, outside the Big Three and why? Who among there smaller cousins are you most excited for?
Me personally?
Elantris Sequels: I am mostly looking forward to learning more about Wyrn and maybe what happened to Dominion and Devotion.
Nightblood: Might be what I'm most excited for overall. Can't wait to see more of Vasher, Vivi and Nightblood and also maybe what happened to separate them.
White Sand: Probably what I'm most excited for right now, if only because we know it's coming out relatively soon in either this year or next and it'll be the first new major Shard world opened to us sense we came to Roshar in 2010.
Dark One: The concept sounds super interesting as does the world and Brandon's YA so far has been just top notch.
The Silence Divine: It's on the lower end of the list but that could easily change when I read it like it did with Emperor's Soul
Skyward: I just don't know enough about it to really get excited yet. (Or if it even still exists)
Also really curious about the two unnamed one's but that's a long way off. Anyway, What about you guys?